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Category Archives: Travel Writing
Food- North Indian versus South Indian
This appeared in Silkroad magazine’s Feb 2012 issue North Versus South Indian Food
Posted in Food Writing, Silkroad
Tagged fish moily, ITC Hotels, kebabs, Manjit Gill, Naren Thimmiah, North Indian food, north versus south, South Indian food, Taj Hotels
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Kumbh Mela Cover Story
Immersed in India: The Kumbh Mela festival Shoba Narayan (Writer) Mar 20, 2010 next previous The royal religious procession begins in Jwalapur, a dusty town an hour outside Haridwar, where two million sadhus (Hindu holy men), ascetics, healers, mystics and saffron-clad monks … Continue reading
Posted in The National, Travel, Travel Writing
Tagged Ganges, Haridwar, Kumbh Mela, kumbh mela festival, religious offerings, ritual immersion, Sadhus
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Chennai Art and culture
For The National Travel pages here and pasted below Chennai is at the art of the matter Shoba Narayan Jan 22, 2011 next previous Why Chennai? To get a taste of south Indian culture; because this city of 7.6 million … Continue reading
Posted in The National, Travel, Travel Writing
Tagged Chennai, Chola, Park, Saravana Bhavan
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The Leela Delhi
My Mint column about The Leela Delhi here. Culture Posted: Thu, Oct 27 2011. 9:23 PM IST Is anyone listening to the guest? The hospitality industry spends countless hours training employees to act on certain principles: enhancing guest experience, prompt … Continue reading
Posted in Luxury, Mint, New Delhi
Tagged Hospitality, Hotels, Luxury hotels, New Delhi, Qube, The Leela
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Beer Story for Cathay Pacific
This is a story called Bengaluru Beer. There is a fear that Delhi might over Bangalore as the Pub City of India– or has it already? The one person who I wanted to interview for this piece but couldn’t do … Continue reading
Posted in Airline Magazines, Food Writing, Silkroad, Wine
Tagged beer, Bengaluru, Biere Club, Blonde, Brewkerz, Geist, Guzzlers, ITC Gardenia, Kingfisher, Oktoberfest, Olive Beach, Scottish Pub, Taj West End, United Breweries, Whistling Wheat, Windsor Pub
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Kashmir for Destinasian
Here is a story on Kashmir that just came out in the November issue of Destinasian. Click Kashmir and Dras for the story
Posted in Destinasian, Travel Writing
Tagged Amarnath yatra, Drass, Kargil, Kashmir, Lalit Palace Hotel, Omar Abdullah, Polo, Srinagar
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Three in Biotech
Three in Biotech We interviewed her at Biocon and photographer Mallik Katakol came with an “umbrella” to focus the light on her to shoot her for this piece and the other Work/Life that I did on her.
Bengaluru Heritage Buildings
This ran in The Club, the Platinum Club and Lounge magazine for Cathay Pacific. Beautiful photos by my friend, Namas Bhojani. Success Storeys
Nadir Godrej Profile for Discovery
This ran in Cathay Pacific inflight magazine, Discovery. And the publication date, May 2011. Nadir Godrej Profile
Posted in Airline Magazines, Profiles, Silkroad
Tagged Anand Mahindra, Godrej, MIT, Nadir Godrej, Nandan Nilekani
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